NBA DFS Matchup: Suns-Nuggets (2024-03-05)

Tonight’s NBA DFS basketball matchup (set for Tue, March 5th at 10:00 PM EST) will feature the Phoenix Suns, currently 2nd in the Pacific Division, against the Denver Nuggets, holding the 2nd place in the Northwest Division. The game is set to take place in Denver, CO at Ball Arena. The away record for the Suns stands at 20-13, with an overall season score of 35-26, while the Nuggets boast a home record of 24-5 and an overall score of 42-19. Guiding the Suns is coach Frank Vogel, unfortunately having 5 players benched for this game. On the other hand, the Nuggets, under the leadership of Coach Michael Malone, will be missing 1 player for this matchup.

As of this morning, the statistics outlined below represent seasonal averages.

Suns-Nuggets NBA DFS Matchup

Entering the match, the Suns boast of 7,143 points, 2,676 rebounds, 1,617 assists, and a 49.3% field goal ratio. On the other hand, the Nuggets step into the court with an impressive 6,987 points, 2,706 rebounds, 1,774 assists, and an equivalent field goal percentage of 49.3%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
31	Vlatko Cancar	Denver Nuggets	Out	Surgery (Leg)
1	Devin Booker	Phoenix Suns	Out	Sprain (Leg)
20	Jusuf Nurkic	Phoenix Suns	Day-To-Day	Soreness (Leg)
10	Damion Lee	Phoenix Suns	Out	Surgery (Leg)
2	Josh Okogie	Phoenix Suns	Out	Strain (Torso)
25	Nassir Little	Phoenix Suns	Out	Inflammation (Leg)

Phoenix Suns Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
35	Kevin Durant
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		45.8
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		36.7	1.9	4.4	1.1	9.4	6.7	27.3	7.0	1.1	3.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Devin Booker
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		37.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.0	2.1	4.9	0.3	8.5	5.2	24.3	4.0	0.9	3.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Bradley Beal
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		35.27
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.6	2.2	4.3	0.4	8.0	3.7	22.0	4.1	1.1	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Jusuf Nurkic
		Center		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		30.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.5	0.2	2.4	1.1	4.8	2.4	12.3	8.8	0.9	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Thaddeus Young
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		25.74
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.3	0.4	1.8	0.4	5.3	1.2	12.2	5.7	1.4	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	Eric Gordon
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		24.58
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.9	2.3	2.8	0.4	5.4	2.7	15.8	2.4	0.8	1.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
00	Royce O’Neale
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		18.76
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.5	1.4	2.4	0.4	2.4	0.6	6.8	4.8	0.8	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Grayson Allen
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		18.63
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.1	2.0	1.9	0.3	3.4	1.4	10.2	2.9	0.7	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Theo Maledon
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		16.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.2	1.0	2.9	0.2	2.6	1.5	7.8	2.8	0.7	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Damion Lee
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		16.08
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		20.8	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.9	1.2	8.2	3.4	0.7	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Drew Eubanks
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		16.02
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.0	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.4	1.1	6.0	4.6	0.4	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Josh Okogie
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		14.7
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.7	0.6	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.6	6.3	3.0	0.9	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Bol Bol
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		13.89
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.3	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.5	0.7	6.1	3.7	0.3	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
38	Saben Lee
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		13.75
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.9	0.3	2.9	0.2	1.8	1.4	5.4	2.0	0.7	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	David Roddy
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		13.39
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.5	0.9	1.1	0.2	2.7	0.7	7.1	3.2	0.4	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Nassir Little
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		12.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.4	0.8	0.7	0.4	2.1	0.8	5.7	3.0	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
N/A	Ish Wainright
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		8.56
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.8	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.8	0.5	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
27	Udoka Azubuike
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		7.88
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.8	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.3	3.1	2.9	0.1	0.5

Denver Nuggets Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Nikola Jokic
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		46.79
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.1	1.0	6.9	0.7	8.0	3.8	20.7	10.7	1.2	2.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
27	Jamal Murray
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		30.04
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.6	2.1	4.4	0.3	6.4	2.5	17.3	3.7	0.9	2.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
50	Aaron Gordon
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		27.56
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.3	1.0	2.6	0.6	5.1	2.2	13.5	6.3	0.8	1.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Michael Porter Jr.
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		27.24
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.5	2.4	1.2	0.6	5.9	1.3	15.5	6.2	0.6	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
6	DeAndre Jordan
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		26.95
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.9	0.0	0.9	1.5	3.6	1.7	8.8	10.0	0.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Reggie Jackson
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		22.88
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.3	1.3	4.2	0.1	4.7	1.8	12.6	2.9	0.7	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		21.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.6	1.7	1.8	0.3	4.1	1.6	11.4	3.1	1.1	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Justin Holiday
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		16.44
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.3	1.6	1.4	0.4	2.8	0.8	8.1	2.7	0.9	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Peyton Watson
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		13
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.3	0.6	0.8	0.8	2.2	0.8	5.8	2.5	0.4	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Christian Braun
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		12.28
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.2	0.5	1.0	0.3	2.1	0.8	5.6	2.9	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Julian Strawther
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.91
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.7	1.0	1.1	0.2	1.9	0.5	5.3	1.3	0.4	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Zeke Nnaji
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		9.8
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.7	0.7	4.6	2.5	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Braxton Key
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		8.62
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.1	0.4	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
31	Vlatko Cancar
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		7.99
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		10.7	0.5	0.9	0.2	1.3	0.5	3.5	1.7	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Jay Huff
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		6.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.5	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	3.0	1.5	0.2	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Collin Gillespie
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.5	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.2	0.3	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Jalen Pickett
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.77
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.4	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Hunter Tyson
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		1.41
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.2

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